Red Crescent


noun
  1. an organization functioning as the Red Cross in Muslim countries.

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How to use Red Crescent in a sentence

  • On the under side the fore wings are pale red, the hind wings reddish-gray, with a marginal row of brick-red crescents.

    The Butterfly Book | William Jacob Holland
  • The female is brown or lilac-gray, with a series of orange-red crescents on the margins of both wings.

    The Butterfly Book | William Jacob Holland
  • The row of red crescents is continued along these wings, and meets below the abdomen.

British Dictionary definitions for Red Crescent

Red Crescent

noun
  1. a national branch of or the emblem of the Red Cross Society in a Muslim country

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